Breaking or granulating machine.



'J. H. SPENCER; BRB AKING OR GBANULATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 1909. 94 ,233, Patented Jam 11, 1910.

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JAMES H. SPENCER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SPENCER IMPORTING &TRADING 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BREAKING OB GRANULA'IING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 6, 1909. Serial No. 511,546.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Breakingor Granulating Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved machine forbreaking or granulating the meat of nuts and other material, withoutdanger of bruising or crushing the same.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of stationary spaced jaws, andmovable jaws adapted to pass between adjacent fixed jaws, said fixed andmovable jaws having tapering sides, and the wider faces of the fixedjaws being uppermost and the wider faces of the movable jaws beinglowermost at their passage between the fixed jaws.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved machine; Fig. 2is a plan View of the same, the feeding means being removed; and Fig. 3is an enlarged cross. section of a revoluble jaw and a pair of fixedjaws, the section being on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The frame A is made rectangular, and on top of one of the side beams aresecured the horizontally-disposed fixed jaws B, spaced apart andoperatin in conjunction with the jaws O of a revolub e breaker, having ashaft D journaled in suitable bearings E, arranged on the ends of theframe A, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The shaft D is provided at oneend with a pulley F, connected by a belt with other machinery, forimparting a continuous rotary motion to the revoluble breaker, so thatthe jaws C thereof pass between adjacent fixed jaws B. The fixed jaws Bas well as the movable jaws C have tapering sides, as plainly indicatedin Fig. 3, and the fixed jaws B are so arranged that the wider faces Bare uppermost, and the movable jaws G are arranged so that their widerfaces C are lowermost at the time a jaw 0 passes between thecorresponding fixed jaws B, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 3. The jaws B as well as the jaws G are disposed approximatelyradially relatively to the axis of the shaft D, and the outer widerfaces C of the movable jaws C terminate in angular oflsets C so that thenut meat or other article to be broken or granulated is readily takenhold of and broken between the faces 0 and B of the corresponding fixedand movable jaws.

In practice, the hubs O of the jaws C have polygonal openings fittingthe correspondingly-shaped shaft D, terminating at its ends in journalsD engaging the bearings E, and the jaws O are spaced one from the otherby washers C and the jaws are staggered so that the jaws C passsuccessively between the corresponding pair of fixed jaws B, as will bereadily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

On top of the frame A is arranged a receiving chamber G, and to theunder side of the frame A is secured a chute H for delivering the brokenor granulated material to a suitable place for packaging the material.The receiving chamber G is provided with an inclined side G, leading atits lower end to the fixed jaws B, and the top of the chamber G isformed by a feed board I, over one side whereof the nut meat or othermaterial to be broken or granulated is fed by an operator, so that thenut meat drops onto the inclined side G and rolls down the same onto thefixed jaws B, to be engaged by the movable jaws C, with a view to breakor granulate the material without crushing or bruising the same. A chuteJ leads to one end of the feed table I, for delivering the material ontothe said feed table, it being, however, understood that the operatorfeeds the material over the inner edge of the table by hand, so that thematerial drops onto the side G, as previously explained.

A grate K is arranged on the side of the frame A, opposite the jaws B,to prevent the material from falling from the receiving chamber G intothe chute H, at the rear of the revoluble breaker, it being understoodthat the jaws C on their return or upward movement pass between adjacentbars of the grate K.

By arranging the fixed and movable aws B and C in the manner described,the nut meat is properly broken without danger of 119 crushing or ofbruising the same, it being understood that the broken parts can readily1 drop down between the next adjacent pairs of fixed jaws B, as the jawsO for said adj acent pairs of fixed jaws B are inactive at the time, asthe jaws C are staggered and consequently sufiicient time is given forthe broken material to drop down between the adjacent fixed jaws.

It is understood that the nut meat or other article extending across thewide faces B of a pair of jaws B, is engaged by the wide face C of thejaw C, as the latter moves toward the fixed jaws B, and as the movablejaw 0 moves on downward the article is broken, and as the space betweenthe tapering sides of the jaws B and O increases with the furtherdownward movement of the jaws C, it is evident that the material is notliable to be crushed or bruised.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A breaking or granulating machine, provided with a pair of fixedjaws, and a movable jaw adapted to pass between the said fixed jaws, thesaid fixed and movable jaws having tapering sides, the wider faces ofthe fixed jaws being uppermost and the wider face of the movable jawbeing lowermost at the passage of the movable jaw between the fixedjaws.

2. A. breaking or granulating machine, provided with a pair ofhorizontally disposed fixed jaws having tapering sides, the wider facesof the jaws being uppermost, and a revoluble jaw adapted to pass betweenthe said fixed jaws and having tapering sides, the wider face of therevoluble jaw being lowermost at the passage between the said fixedjaws.

3. A breaking or granulating machine, comprising fixed jaws in the formof spaced tongues disposed horizontally and having tapering sidesforming a wide upper face,

j and a revoluble breaker having breaking jaws disposed approximatelyradially and staggered on the hub of the breaker, each breaking aw beingadapted to pass between a pair of fixed aws, and each breaking jawhaving tapering sides and a flat wide breaking face which is lowermostat the passage of the breaking jaw between a pair of fixed jaws.

4. A breaking or granulating machine, comprising fixed aws in the formof spaced tongues disposed horizontally and having tapering sidesforming a wide upper face, and a revoluble breaker having breaking jawsdisposed approximately radially and staggered on the hub of the breaker,each breaking jaw being adapted to pass between a pair of fixed jaws andeach breaking jaw having tapering sides and a flat wide breaking facewhich is lowermost at the passage of the breaking jaw between a pair offixed jaws, each breaking jaw terminating at its wider face in anangular offset.

5. A breaking or granulating machine, comprising fixed jaws in the formof spaced tongues disposed horizontally and having tapering sidesforming a wide upper face, a revoluble breaker having a polygonal shaftterminating in ournals mounted to turn, and radial breaking jaws havingpolygonal hubs fitting the said shaft, the jaws being spaced apart andstaggered on the said shaft to pass successively between adjacent fixedjaws, each breaking aw having tapering sides and a flat wide breakingface which is lowermost at the passage of the breaking jaw between thecorresponding fixed jaws.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. SPENCER.

Vitnesses:

M. A. PENDLETON, CHAS. P. HEITKAMP.

